Correspondence about Roger Schwartze and Michelle Gleba resignations

In this e-mail, Mayor Eric Struemph tells council members he has asked Public Works Director Roger Schwartze not to leave. Struemph said Schwartze told him the reason he left was so savings from his salary might save someone else's position. Struemph tells the council he will continue to talk to Schwartze.

City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus sends an e-mail about Public Works Director Roger Schwartze's resignation to Mayor Eric Struemph and the City Council. In the e-mail, Nickolaus says he has talked Schwartze out of resigning twice in the last three weeks.

Mayor Eric Struemph tells City Council members a special meeting is needed to develop a clear plan on how to proceed in light of Public Works Director Roger Schwartze's resignation, the city's $1.6 million budget shortfall, the perception of the public and the morale of the staff.